Roofing bracket



Aug. 9, 1932.

W. W. BURK ROOFING BRACKET Original `Filed. Jan. 14. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. W. BURK ROOFING BRACKET Aug; 9, 1932.

Griginal Filed Jan. 14. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 9, 1932 WILLIAM vv. BURR, o'F FOREST, OHIO, AssIGNoRV'ro JACOB r. KEMMERLILNG, or

Y CLEVELAND, OHIO `ROOFIN'GT BRACKET Y Applicaticn filed January 14, 1931, Serial No. 508,789. Renewed May 24, 1932.

This inventionrelates to a roofing bracket and is more especially an improvementon the structure disclosed in Patent 1,127,173 issued to W. H. Boyd on February'2, 1915.

It is an object of the invention to improve q upon thefmeans whereby the bracket is supported adjustably at a predetermined angle and acting to hold the bracket securely in adjusted position withoutdanger of accidental displacement.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesin the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention. Y

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bracket set up for use.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2, Figure 1, the attaching slide being shown in'elevation. Y

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4 4, Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan `view of the bracket.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the bracket folded or collapsed.

Figure 7 is a section on line 7 7, Figure 6.V

Figure 8 is a detailed view of the attachino' slide. l

tlteferring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the base of the bracket flanges are connected adjacent one end by a pivot pin 3 while at other points the flanges are connected by transversesupporting pins 4 base 1 adjacent. to pivot pin 3 and constitute guides for an attaching or nail strip 6 formed of heavy sheet metal which is slidablefalong the base. lVithdrawal of this strip from the guides is prevented by an offset end 7 con.- stituting a handle by means of which the strip can be slid longitudinally relative to the base. This offset-portion is adapted to engage one of the pins 4 to limit sliding movement inoiie direction while it engages one of 65 the guides 5 to limit sliding movement in the opposite direction.V That end of the strip `6 remote from l,the handle .7 has obliquely disposed slots Sextending thereinto fromV one edge any one of which is adapted to engage a 70 nail N or the like after it has been driven into a roof structure. i i i Pivotally mounted on the pin 3 isa plank support or platform member 9y formed` of `heavy sheet metal reinforced alonglits side 75 edges by depending flanges 10.. One end of this member is bent to provide. a sleeve-11 through which pin 3 extends while the other endis bent to forni a sleeve'12 through which is extended aipivot pin 13. This pivot conso nects side flanges 14v which extend from a support 15 formed of heavy' sheet metal. Each flange 14 has an enlarged end forming a shoulder 14 Aadapted to Vlie in the path of handle 7when the device is collapsed, thereby 85 to hold strip 6 against outwardv movement from the base 1. Aportion of support 15 projects upwardly beyond the platform member 9 when the device is set up for use so as to constitute a stop 16 for preventing aplank 90 from slipping off of the member 9.

The other end of the support 15 is offset to provide a lip 17 adapted to extend back of and embrace any one of the pins 4. *A slot 18 is formed in support-15 close to the liprand 95 has a locking plate 19 slidable Yin it. This locking plate isformed withfa longitudinal slot 20 through'vvhich'are extended guide studs 21.V Gne end of the flocking plate forms a handle 22 while'the'other end is 100 adapted to extend from slot 18 and across the pin s which is embraced by lip 17.

lVhen the device is not in use the strip 6 is retracted to position between the flanges 2 l`and against one'of the pins4. Support 15 as well as the member 9 are extended longitudinally between said flanges so that a compact structure is thus provided as shown in Figures Gand 7. Y

`When` it is desired to use the bracket the strip 6 is attached to a supporting surface byA means of a nail extending through one ofthe Y slots 8. The members 15 and 9 are then shifted relative to each other and to the base '1 until the platform member is brought sub stantiallyto a horizontal position.` r1`he lip A17 is then locked back of and upon the adj acent pin 4 after which the locking plate 19`is allowed to gravitate to position across the pin. ,This willY result in fastening the support securely to the pin 4 so that it can not become dislodged-unless plate 19 is first raised out of engagement with the pin and thesupport 15 Vsubsecpuently Vmoved upwardly and backwardly relative to the engaged pin 4.

Attention is directed to the. fact that the lip '17 extends"throughout the width of the 3. AV rooting bracket including a channeled base, cross pins connecting the sides of the base'between its ends, a platform member pivotally connected to the base at one end, a. support pivotally connected to the other end of the platform member, a channeledv lipV extending lthroughout the width of thesupport at'one end and extend- `ing back of and embracing any one of the pins so'v as to bear thereon substantially throughout the length of the pin7 and means carried by the support and movable across lthe engaged pin for locking the lip thereto, isaid means including a plate slidably mountedupon and substantially concealed by the support, there being a .slotV -in the support through which the pin'engaging portion of kthe locking plate projects. v

4. The combination' with a channeled base, and a. nail strip slidably connected thereto and` provided'with ahandle at one end, of a `platform'*member pivotally connected to the base, a supportingfmemberpivotally 4connected to the platform ymember, means for adjustably connecting the supporting memberlto the base, said supporting and platform members being foldable into position within andsubstantially parallel with the base, thereby to house the nail strip,and

means carried by the supporty fQnlapping ,Y t-he handleportion of the nail strip to hold said stri against movementoutwardl from the'bas'e when the device iscollapsed.

Intestimony that I Vclaimthe foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiixed my signature. i

wiLLiAM W. BURK.

1 A roofing bracket including a. channeled base, Cross pins connecting the sides of thebase between its ends,' a platform member plvotally connected to the base at one end, a

support pvotally connected to the other end Y i of the platform member,A a channeled lip extending throughout the widthiof the supportat one end and extendingback of and embracing any one of the pins on the base, and means carried bythe support and movable to position across the engaged pin to lock the lip in engagement with the pin.

2. A roofing bracket including a channeled base, cross pins connecting the'sides of the base between itsends, aiplatform member pivotally connected to the base at one end, a support pivotally connected'to the .ffv

ot-herend of the platform member, aV channeled lip extending' throughout the Width of the supportV at one end and extending back of and embracing any one of the pins so as to bear'thereon substantially throughout the length of the pin, andmeans carried bythe support and movable across the engaged pin for locking thelipthereto. 

